This photograph taken on September 10, 2026 shows people at the entrance of Beach Wadiya shack in Colombo. Sri Lanka's seafood shack Beach Wadiya has hosted royalty including Britain's Princess Anne and sporting legends such as cricketer Sachin Tendulkar, but is facing demolition under a government-ordered coastal clean-up. The simple Colombo beach restaurant has welcomed a string of celebrities, featured in Madhur Jaffrey's culinary travels and received rave reviews in international publications, including London's Financial Times. The government's Coast Conservation and Coastal Resource Management Department gave the restaurant 10 days to pack up and leave -- or face demolition. (Photo by Ishara S. KODIKARA / AFP via Getty Images)

This photograph taken on September 10, 2026 shows a busser setting a table at Beach Wadiya shack in Colombo. Sri Lanka's seafood shack Beach Wadiya has hosted royalty including Britain's Princess Anne and sporting legends such as cricketer Sachin Tendulkar, but is facing demolition under a government-ordered coastal clean-up. The simple Colombo beach restaurant has welcomed a string of celebrities, featured in Madhur Jaffrey's culinary travels and received rave reviews in international publications, including London's Financial Times. The government's Coast Conservation and Coastal Resource Management Department gave the restaurant 10 days to pack up and leave -- or face demolition. (Photo by Ishara S. KODIKARA / AFP via Getty Images)

This photograph taken on September 10, 2026 shows a busser setting a table at Beach Wadiya shack in Colombo. Sri Lanka's seafood shack Beach Wadiya has hosted royalty including Britain's Princess Anne and sporting legends such as cricketer Sachin Tendulkar, but is facing demolition under a government-ordered coastal clean-up. The simple Colombo beach restaurant has welcomed a string of celebrities, featured in Madhur Jaffrey's culinary travels and received rave reviews in international publications, including London's Financial Times. The government's Coast Conservation and Coastal Resource Management Department gave the restaurant 10 days to pack up and leave -- or face demolition. (Photo by Ishara S. KODIKARA / AFP via Getty Images)

This photograph taken on September 10, 2026 shows a bartender working at Beach Wadiya shack in Colombo. Sri Lanka's seafood shack Beach Wadiya has hosted royalty including Britain's Princess Anne and sporting legends such as cricketer Sachin Tendulkar, but is facing demolition under a government-ordered coastal clean-up. The simple Colombo beach restaurant has welcomed a string of celebrities, featured in Madhur Jaffrey's culinary travels and received rave reviews in international publications, including London's Financial Times. The government's Coast Conservation and Coastal Resource Management Department gave the restaurant 10 days to pack up and leave -- or face demolition. (Photo by Ishara S. KODIKARA / AFP via Getty Images)

This photograph taken on September 10, 2026 shows a busser setting a table at Beach Wadiya shack in Colombo. Sri Lanka's seafood shack Beach Wadiya has hosted royalty including Britain's Princess Anne and sporting legends such as cricketer Sachin Tendulkar, but is facing demolition under a government-ordered coastal clean-up. The simple Colombo beach restaurant has welcomed a string of celebrities, featured in Madhur Jaffrey's culinary travels and received rave reviews in international publications, including London's Financial Times. The government's Coast Conservation and Coastal Resource Management Department gave the restaurant 10 days to pack up and leave -- or face demolition. (Photo by Ishara S. KODIKARA / AFP via Getty Images)

This photograph taken on September 10, 2026 shows a tourist walking past Beach Wadiya shack in Colombo. Sri Lanka's seafood shack Beach Wadiya has hosted royalty including Britain's Princess Anne and sporting legends such as cricketer Sachin Tendulkar, but is facing demolition under a government-ordered coastal clean-up. The simple Colombo beach restaurant has welcomed a string of celebrities, featured in Madhur Jaffrey's culinary travels and received rave reviews in international publications, including London's Financial Times. The government's Coast Conservation and Coastal Resource Management Department gave the restaurant 10 days to pack up and leave -- or face demolition. (Photo by Ishara S. KODIKARA / AFP via Getty Images)

This photograph taken on September 10, 2026 shows co-owner Suhara Chandrasekera displaying the signature of Britain's Princess Anne in a guest book at Beach Wadiya shack in Colombo. Sri Lanka's seafood shack Beach Wadiya has hosted royalty including Britain's Princess Anne and sporting legends such as cricketer Sachin Tendulkar, but is facing demolition under a government-ordered coastal clean-up. The simple Colombo beach restaurant has welcomed a string of celebrities, featured in Madhur Jaffrey's culinary travels and received rave reviews in international publications, including London's Financial Times. The government's Coast Conservation and Coastal Resource Management Department gave the restaurant 10 days to pack up and leave -- or face demolition. (Photo by Ishara S. KODIKARA / AFP via Getty Images)

This photograph taken on September 10, 2026 shows co-owner Suhara Chandrasekera displaying a photo album of celebrities who visited Beach Wadiya shack in Colombo. Sri Lanka's seafood shack Beach Wadiya has hosted royalty including Britain's Princess Anne and sporting legends such as cricketer Sachin Tendulkar, but is facing demolition under a government-ordered coastal clean-up. The simple Colombo beach restaurant has welcomed a string of celebrities, featured in Madhur Jaffrey's culinary travels and received rave reviews in international publications, including London's Financial Times. The government's Coast Conservation and Coastal Resource Management Department gave the restaurant 10 days to pack up and leave -- or face demolition. (Photo by Ishara S. KODIKARA / AFP via Getty Images)